The spurned stalker who murdered the 17-year-old girl Sakshi in her Munirka house on Friday morning has been arrested by South district police. He was arrested from Baghpat district, Western Uttar Pradesh.
Subhash alis Rohit (25) was arrested within hours of his escape from the spot. It has now emerged that he wanted to commit suicide after killing Sakshi but could not do so as the barrel of the country made gun that he was carrying burst after the first shot. Subhash, a school drop out happened to be the cousin of Sakshi’s sister-in-law and was a frequent visitor to her house. He was obsessed with the girl and had even maintained a liaison with the girl despite objections from her family.
DCP, South district, BS Jaisawal said that Subhash alias Rohit a resident of loni area in adjoining Gaziabad was nabbed from Ghitoli village of Baghpat district on Friday night.
A pistol believed to be used in the murder, blood stained cloths and a mobile phone was recovered from his possession. The murder weapon has been sent for ballistic examination, he said.
Jaiswal said that the victim, Sakshi alias Pinki, a class XII student in government school at RK Puram Sector 5, had known Subhash for the last few years. She however, started to ignore Subhash after she came to know that he was a school dropout after class 8 and worked as a sweeper in loni, Gaziabad, the DCP added. Sakshi’s father who works as a plumber in the Jawahar lal Nehru University (JNU) had also scolded Subhash many a times as he was not happy with his ways. Sakshi was a bright student and her father wanted her to pursue her studies and make a career out of that, a police officer involved in the investigation said.
“Sakshi had written her Class 12 examinations and was expecting her result. She was in her on Friday room when the incident took place. Subhash was known to her and he also knew that Sakshi was present in her house “They had met in a marriage ceremony following which their acquaintance grew. However, when the victim came to know that he is not as educated as her, she started drifting away from him. This denial angered Subhash and he decided to avenge his humiliation” the DCP said.
It appears that the accused had planned to eliminate Sakshi after he found that she was not going to marry him. Actionable information was received from victim’s friends, neighbours about assailant after which several raids were conducted in various districts of Western UP. The assailant was finally arrested from Ghitoli village of Bagpat district from UP. He was brought to Vasant Vihar police station and put to sustained interrogation and accused allegedly confessed that he murdered Sakshi as he wanted revenge.